Wednesday, 19 April 2017

Homeschooling is living and breathing!

Lotta crafting

Paper Egg

Easter was a quiet
affair here. An egg hunt with the compass and a map, hot cross buns
and a wee bit of crafting. Mostly we’ve just been enjoying the warm
weather and spending a lot of time outside, gardening, playing,
cycling. Oh yeah and creating a massive hurdle course for playing at
being ponys!

Obstacles and Swings

Although it might
see then that this has been a quiet time for homeschooling that is
far from the truth. In so many ways our job as parents and educators
is only to open their minds to possibilities and see where they take
them. And to give them skill sets which will help them on their
journey. In that sense learning is no more separable from living than
breathing. And they are certainly doing a lot of that!

A home in the Lilacs

So I can breathe
too, relax and know that all the imaginary play they are reveling in
today is teaching them to use their imaginations to go beyond
appearances, find creative solutions, redefine reality. I can see
that knowing how to coax a seed into a seedling, taking the
responsibility for watering plants, weeding, mulching – all this is
giving them the tools to feed themselves and their families for the
rest of their lives. And that exploring their passions and their
interests fully is letting them evolve to be fully themselves,
wonderful, unique beings that they are.

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About Me

I'm Helen Lucy Goldsmith, mama of three, writer, poet, book maker. And also, homeschooler, sewer, knitter and maker of things. With my family we recently gave up our cramped city life and began again in the country. This blog is a place to record our adventures and write about the people and things I love.